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Bill Shorten
Democracy, NDIS, and Family: Bill Shorten’s Parting Words to Parliament
Anthony Albanese lauded Shorten's work rebuilding Labor post-2019, while Peter Dutton called him the great prime minister Australia never had.
November 21, 2024
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Naziya Alvi Rahman
National Disability Insurance Scheme Saves $1 Billion
The NDIS was slated to grow by 19 percent this financial year, but ended up growing 12 percent ...
November 1, 2024
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Rex Widerstrom
Australia Urges Israel to Re-Think Ban on UN Aid Agency
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong has urged the Israeli government to rescind it's ban on aid agency UNRWA, ...
October 29, 2024
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Rex Widerstrom
NDIS Trials Outcome-Based Payments Hoping to Improve Efficiency, Rein in Costs
The pilot is expected to begin in 2025.
September 27, 2024
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Naziya Alvi Rahman
Bill Shorten Announces Retirement, Set for New Career in Academia
Shorten has said his decision was driven by an interest in changing careers.
September 4, 2024
BY
Crystal-Rose Jones
NDIS Reform Bill Clears Senate: Spending Growth to Be Capped at 8 Percent
The new NDIS legislation halts automatic top-ups, sets up flexible budgets, and excludes non-NDIA supports.
August 22, 2024
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Naziya Alvi Rahman
Billion Dollar Question as Liberals, Greens Seek to Delay NDIS Amendment
NDIS minister Bill Shorten has accused the Greens and Liberals of playing politics by delaying an amendment to ...
June 24, 2024
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Crystal-Rose Jones
Minister Under Pressure for Hiring Speechwriter for $640,000
A professional speechwriter will be paid around $300,000 a year to assist NDIS Minister Bill Shorten, despite there ...
June 3, 2024
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Crystal-Rose Jones
US Consulate Targeted by Pro-Palestinian Activists in Melbourne
Meanwhile, a Greens motion to suspend standing orders to recognise a Palestine state was defeated in Parliament by ...
May 31, 2024
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Monica O’Shea
‘Needs to Be Made Sustainable’: PM to Lower Future NDIS Funding Increases
'It's all difficult stuff, making sure that we can make the NDIS the best version of itself, including ...
May 21, 2024
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Nina Nguyen
Budget 2024: Labor to Spend $468 Million to Get NDIS ‘Back on Track’
The government are undertaking reforms to 'moderate this additional growth' and 'return the NDIS to its original intent,' ...
May 14, 2024
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Nina Nguyen
Alleged Disability Scheme Fraud Cases Before Court Top 100
Work is underway to crack down on 'opportunists in the Australian community who see government money as an ...
April 22, 2024
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AAP
Minister Says Sex Offenders Only a Tiny Segment of NDIS Recipients
'There are some people, when they come out of jail, we have an obligation to provide disability supports ...
April 8, 2024
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Nina Nguyen
Backlog of Over 1 Million Claims at Services Australia Will Be Eased by New Staff
Hazlehurst cautioned that the backlog would take some time to reduce to acceptable levels, saying he hoped to ...
February 14, 2024
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Jim Birchall
Crackdown Vowed on Inflated NDIS Prices
People would be empowered to dob in providers ripping off disabled people.
December 16, 2023
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AAP
Review Calls for ‘Automatic Access’ to NDIS to be Scrapped
The government will also roll out 'foundational supports' for all 2.5 million Australians with disability.
December 7, 2023
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Henry Jom
Released Immigration Detainee on the Run, 4 Refusing Electronic Monitoring
138 people have who have been released from detention require electronic monitoring
November 27, 2023
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Monica O’Shea
‘Anonymous Hoons’: Federal Minister’s Office Vandalised Amid the Middle East Conflict
The office was graffitied with the words 'dial down the apartheid Bill.'
November 22, 2023
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Monica O’Shea
‘Thousands’ of Public Servants to Replace Robodebt: Shorten
Questions remain over whether the government will implement disciplinary action against those responsible for Robodebt.
November 14, 2023
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Nick Spencer
Facial, Fingerprint Recognition to Be Part of MyGov
The government is assuring the public their data is not being collected.
November 13, 2023
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Alfred Bui
Labor to Hire 3,000 New Public Servants for Centrelink and Medicare
The hiring spree will cost taxpayers $228 million.
November 5, 2023
BY
Monica O’Shea
Daniel Andrew’s Pandemic Management a ‘Legacy of His Strength’: Minister
Labor ministers praised Daniel Andrews term as Victorian premier.
September 27, 2023
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Alfred Bui
NDIS Providers Banned For Life Following ‘Despicable’ System Rort: Minister
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Minister Bill Shorten has announced that two providers from South Australia (SA) associated ...
September 4, 2023
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Victoria Kelly-Clark
NDIS Under Secret Cost Cutting Regime By Albanese Government, Greens Allege
Greens spokesperson for Disability Senator Jordan Steele-John has alleged that the federal Labor government has implemented a secret ...
September 1, 2023
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Victoria Kelly-Clark
NDIS Reforms Showing Signs of Recovery
Reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme are generating signs of improvement, with NDIS Minister Bill Shorten saying ...
August 21, 2023
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Isabella Rayner
Shorten Says ADHD Diagnosis ‘Not a Ticket’ to the NDIS
The Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Bill Shorten, has rejected calls to allow people who ...
July 7, 2023
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Henry Jom
Greens Claim Cap on NDIS Spending a ‘Broken Promise’ to Disabled Australians
The Australian Greens have called the federal government's decision to place a cap on the National Disability Insurance ...
May 1, 2023
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Victoria Kelly-Clark
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Jacki Thrapp
Israel Strikes Beirut Days After US-Supported Ceasefire Announcement
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Jack Phillips
Former Utah Attorney General Fights the Evil That Lurks in Quiet Places
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Savannah Hulsey Pointer
US Forces Shoot Down 2 Iranian Drones as Pakistani Interior Minister Visits Tehran
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Jacki Thrapp
US Won’t Unfreeze Iran’s Assets Before Peace Deal Is Reached, Trump Says
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Jacki Thrapp
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Mercura Wang
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Lawrence Wilson
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Naveen Athrappully
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